LAFD alert messages are indeed sent as preliminary information, often in the heat of battle.

Sometimes a simple comment by a witness or responder gathered within moments of the first 9-1-1 call or Firefighter arrival will make it into our ‘as we go’ alerts.

We do seek whenever possible or appropriate to follow up the alerts with relevant blog posts that offer greater detail, such as Ron’s article that he posted very early the next morning.

In retrospect, the wreckage of the Robinson R-22 could probably have been better summarized as an *apparent* kit-built’ or ‘self-built’ helo. Of course be the tiny aircraft, bare distinguishable at the time of impact, was manufactured by a firm in Torrance.